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they like to remind us it was obama's idea and they're calling it obama quester. isn't it the blame deal. that's what it boils down to. what would you say to congress to krood the budget cuts? >> do nothing. allow them to go through. $1.2 trillion over ten years. it's volunteerly turning the titan irk or the battleship around. i know it's not ideal. it's a blunt non-prioritized wasn't cuts. second, put together a deal to reduce the debt and deficit. but i've lost belief that congress can do happen this. and by the way, politicians are going to grand stand. it's washington monumenting, the interior says they're going to shut down the washington monument as if there's not other things they can smut down, other things. >> this strikes me as so irresponsible, jairve. >> yes, i would sit in front of congress and say this is your bed, you made it, figure out a way out of it. this is lazy governance ats it worst. obama put the deal together because he thought the republicans would blink, and the republicans don't want the cuts. when we start losing border patrol and tsa,
they like to remind us it was obama's idea and they're calling it obama quester. isn't it the blame deal. that's what it boils down to. what would you say to congress to krood the budget cuts? >> do nothing. allow them to go through. $1.2 trillion over ten years. it's volunteerly turning the titan irk or the battleship around. i know it's not ideal. it's a blunt non-prioritized wasn't cuts. second, put together a deal to reduce the debt and deficit. but i've lost belief that congress can...
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president obama on the road to push his agenda. he'll be in georgia later today. kind of a shame he's not in d.c. pushing congress to come up with a budget deal. >> he is taking to the road for the next few days in basically what i would call campaign mode. he seems to always stay in a campaign mode where he treats people of the other party as the enemy and not as partners. if he really wanted to get things done and govern, he would come here and work with us instead of campaigning all around the country. >> yes, if there's no budget deal by march 1st, massive cuts to defense, medicare and more. question, should the president skip the road trip and take a trip to capitol hill? will? >> yes. it's a little special, right, isn't it just a little special that the president, not only agreed to this but proposed this idea back in the budget control act of 2011. the idea of sequestration. it was supposed to be a painful idea for republicans they would never let it happen and then just what two months ago the president got the tax increases he thought would avert some of
president obama on the road to push his agenda. he'll be in georgia later today. kind of a shame he's not in d.c. pushing congress to come up with a budget deal. >> he is taking to the road for the next few days in basically what i would call campaign mode. he seems to always stay in a campaign mode where he treats people of the other party as the enemy and not as partners. if he really wanted to get things done and govern, he would come here and work with us instead of campaigning all...
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all these arrows are shooting at him. >> i would love to see him take a swing at obama. i don't think he could get him. realistically speaking it's good acting on his behalf but i have to give it to hillary clinton. she's fantastic at creating a feeling of indignance. it stems from our 20 year career all the way back to the clinton administration. >> it is time to announce the winner. you knew it was going to be hillary clinton. hillary clinton. i'm sure she's honored today. our second category, best dramatic performance. the nominees are john boehner for his crying. >> if you come here humbled by the opportunity to should have, if you have come here to be -- >> okay, the second nominee for best dramatic political moment, the unveiling of michelle obama's bangs. and our third nominee in this category which first came through a twitter -- final nominee -- i'm messing this up. now i know how hard it is to do the actual oscars. nancy pelosi who was not happy when asked about her age. >> some of your colleagues say that you are staying on prohibits the party from having a yo
all these arrows are shooting at him. >> i would love to see him take a swing at obama. i don't think he could get him. realistically speaking it's good acting on his behalf but i have to give it to hillary clinton. she's fantastic at creating a feeling of indignance. it stems from our 20 year career all the way back to the clinton administration. >> it is time to announce the winner. you knew it was going to be hillary clinton. hillary clinton. i'm sure she's honored today. our...
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there are two great parents in washington, michelle and barack obama, they chose the best school for their daughters. republicans think every parent should have that right doesn't matter what your last name is or where you came from, why shouldn't parents be able to choose the best school for their kids. that would transform our educational system. that's a new idea. but it's an idea that is consistent with who we are as republicans and what we believe. we had a ton of failure in education from the old top down political approach that the democrats advanced. let's try something different. >> maria, i want your perspective. we have to show chris christie on letterman. he's a new kind of republican. he can talk to the working person, and they believe him. one of the reasons that people embrace chris christie in new jersey is because he has a sense of humor. so let's take a look at him on letterman last night. >> i made jokes about you, not just one or two, not just ongoing here and there, intermittent. but -- >> i didn't know this was going to be this long. >> maria, i'm not suggesting
there are two great parents in washington, michelle and barack obama, they chose the best school for their daughters. republicans think every parent should have that right doesn't matter what your last name is or where you came from, why shouldn't parents be able to choose the best school for their kids. that would transform our educational system. that's a new idea. but it's an idea that is consistent with who we are as republicans and what we believe. we had a ton of failure in education from...
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obama at the state of the union. yes, gun violence will be part of the president's speech tonight, bipartisanship, not so much. "the washington post" political tar soon says it all. here it is, you can see the president addressing members of congress "my fellow combatants." in addition, ted nugent will be a guest of republican congressman steve stockman. nugent not exactly a guy who loves president obama. >> would you leave us the hell alone? these are all legal guns and i'm going to see that they remain legal, because they're all good. if barack obama becomes the president in november again i will either be dead or in jail by this time next year. >> oh, what a night is on tap. brianna keilar is at the white house this morning with news on something the president will predict tonight. good morning, brianna. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's right now what is the president going to say. we've just learned what his big foreign policy announcement is going to be, jake tapper just broke that the president will annou
obama at the state of the union. yes, gun violence will be part of the president's speech tonight, bipartisanship, not so much. "the washington post" political tar soon says it all. here it is, you can see the president addressing members of congress "my fellow combatants." in addition, ted nugent will be a guest of republican congressman steve stockman. nugent not exactly a guy who loves president obama. >> would you leave us the hell alone? these are all legal guns...
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is joe biden helping or hurting obama's gun control efforts, rob? >> well look, joe biden is kind of a bull that carries his own china closet and i'm sure the president cringes every time he sees vice president biden in front of a camera. the fact is jill biden's not going to walk out on the balcony and fire a double barrel shotgun but i'm glad that the vice president does admit it's okay for the citizens to have shotguns and as a republican who supports the second amendment he hope he continues to run point on this for aed this mrgs. >> interesting, john? >> joe biden is crazy like a fox here. the point is he's trying to blow through the false dichotomies expressed by making a point reasonable gun reform doesn't necessarily mean at all that you're against guns in general and if the self-defense argument can be ease ail dressed with a double barrel shotgun rather than an assault weapon whose sole purpose is to kill as many people as quickly as possible. it makes a lot of common sense on main street. >> final question, a new word to add to your vocab
is joe biden helping or hurting obama's gun control efforts, rob? >> well look, joe biden is kind of a bull that carries his own china closet and i'm sure the president cringes every time he sees vice president biden in front of a camera. the fact is jill biden's not going to walk out on the balcony and fire a double barrel shotgun but i'm glad that the vice president does admit it's okay for the citizens to have shotguns and as a republican who supports the second amendment he hope he...
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but look at president obama. i rest my case. >> i don't know what that meant. >> but you know what, i battled my weight my whole life. sure as i get off here today people will attack me on twitter over my weight. like pete said you don't know what what's going on he could have a thyroid problem. i think it's off limits. he's a role model and maybe it would be good to see him lose weight but it's hard. i don't think he should be attacked. >> you are -- amy, you are a role model, too. i know she raised three kids, she spent time working while raising those kids. now she's a leader in her political movement. i have great respect for that. that's what we need to see, character, actual character. >> being fat doesn't mean he doesn't have character. somebody who spent abusive hour with my trainer before coming here i can talk about how difficult it is to maintain things. but here's the thing. the fact that we are talking about this, that's the problem. not just we are judgmental, because we are, we don't like voting fo
but look at president obama. i rest my case. >> i don't know what that meant. >> but you know what, i battled my weight my whole life. sure as i get off here today people will attack me on twitter over my weight. like pete said you don't know what what's going on he could have a thyroid problem. i think it's off limits. he's a role model and maybe it would be good to see him lose weight but it's hard. i don't think he should be attacked. >> you are -- amy, you are a role...
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obama can do a lot. he should do something that provides jobs and cleans the air, not just talk policy. >> that sounds so simple, anna. >> it sounds simple, but it's not. good luck trying to pass any legislation through congress that doesn't come from congress. right now some of the controversial issues that stand a glimmer of hope are immigration and some aspects of gun control. in congress themselves they have found common ground and are pushing it themselves. unfortunately the reality is that president obama right now has the reverse midas touch. everything he touches turns to dirt. >> everything turns to dirt, pete? >> well, listen. i would first ask for everybody to put up their hands on this panel if they believe is man is the biggest factk factor contributing to climate change. no, we're not all putting our hands up? >> that is what is sad about this. republicans and only republicans don't believe in science. climate change is the biggest threat outside the nuclear holocaust. they don't believe th
obama can do a lot. he should do something that provides jobs and cleans the air, not just talk policy. >> that sounds so simple, anna. >> it sounds simple, but it's not. good luck trying to pass any legislation through congress that doesn't come from congress. right now some of the controversial issues that stand a glimmer of hope are immigration and some aspects of gun control. in congress themselves they have found common ground and are pushing it themselves. unfortunately the...
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not so fast, president obama. your former press secretary says, when it comes to the issue of drones, some things were better left unsaid. >> one of the first things they told me was you're not even to acknowledge the drone program. you're not even to discuss that it exists. i think in many ways the president has seen -- i haven't talked to him about this, but i want to be careful. the president has seen our denial of the existence of the program, when it's obviously happening, undermines people's confidence overall in the decisions that their government makes. >> oh, you're kidding. here's our question. why all the secrecy about drones? >> pure and simple, it's about accountability. both domestic, democratically and internationally. we're having conversations now about when americans can use drones to execute other americans. here's another one. accountability on the international stage. this will proliferate and proliferate quickly. it will raise questions about geographic boundaries. what if someone puts drones
not so fast, president obama. your former press secretary says, when it comes to the issue of drones, some things were better left unsaid. >> one of the first things they told me was you're not even to acknowledge the drone program. you're not even to discuss that it exists. i think in many ways the president has seen -- i haven't talked to him about this, but i want to be careful. the president has seen our denial of the existence of the program, when it's obviously happening, undermines...
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today president obama will resume his push. he's now heading to minnesota where he will take part in a roundtable on the topic and one of the major topics will be background checks. welco welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. els this commercial we just showed, interest only showed in washington. the washington area, because i think that the mayors wanted lawmakers to see this spot and they somehow wanted it to sway them. do you think that's a good strategy? >> no. i don't. i think that the best strategy is what you saw at the beginning of the super bowl which would -- were the survivors of singing "america the beautiful." i was there. i can tell you i was crying. i can tell you a lot of men around me were crying. the entire stadium gave those kids a standing ovation. i don't think anything resonates greater than a survivor standing up and saying that, you know, i think had is what we need. i can appreciate what the mayors did but i'm not sure if that was as effective as seeing those little angels sing yes
today president obama will resume his push. he's now heading to minnesota where he will take part in a roundtable on the topic and one of the major topics will be background checks. welco welcome. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. els this commercial we just showed, interest only showed in washington. the washington area, because i think that the mayors wanted lawmakers to see this spot and they somehow wanted it to sway them. do you think that's a good...
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>> it's a wonderful idea barack obama can magically pay for it. we think a living wage is reasonable and provided in certain other countries but the more important issue is can he pay for it? if barack obama cannot find a way to pay for people making a living wage he shouldn't make those promises in the state of the union. >> on to question number two, one of the most emotional moments of the night, president obama urged congress to take action on gun violence. >> hadiya's parents, nate and cleo, are in this chamber tonight, along with more than two dozen americans whose lives have been torn apart by gun violence. they deserve a vote. gabby giffords deserves a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. the families of aurora deserve a vote. the families of oak creek and tucson and blacksburg and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence, they deserve a simple vote. >> all right, it took a while but eventually republican house speaker john boehner stood up and he joined in the applause along with other republicans. so the quest
>> it's a wonderful idea barack obama can magically pay for it. we think a living wage is reasonable and provided in certain other countries but the more important issue is can he pay for it? if barack obama cannot find a way to pay for people making a living wage he shouldn't make those promises in the state of the union. >> on to question number two, one of the most emotional moments of the night, president obama urged congress to take action on gun violence. >> hadiya's...
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he's a top obama aide. now, listen to what woodward said that a white house official actually said to him. >> some people kind of, you know, said, look, we don't see eye to eye on this. they never really said, though, afterwards they have said that this is factually wrong and it was said to me in an e-mail -- >> what was said? >> it was said very clearly you will regret doing this. >> who sent that e-mail to you? >> well, i'm not going to say. >> was it a senior person at the white house? >> a very senior person. >> let's go straight to brianna keilar at the white house. so how has the white house responded? this has blown up probably in a way that they never intended. >> reporter: he didn't intend it, erin, and certainly didn't want to get into this fight with bob woodward but they think that he's flat-out wrong and the white house feels that woodward misinterpreted this e-mail. not that he will -- the sense that he will regret it in the sense that he would pay for what he said in this op-ed but the fact t
he's a top obama aide. now, listen to what woodward said that a white house official actually said to him. >> some people kind of, you know, said, look, we don't see eye to eye on this. they never really said, though, afterwards they have said that this is factually wrong and it was said to me in an e-mail -- >> what was said? >> it was said very clearly you will regret doing this. >> who sent that e-mail to you? >> well, i'm not going to say. >> was it a...
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obama to chicago? why, mr. president, don't you go yourself? talk back question should president obama speak out more on urban gun violence? fa facebook.com/carolcnn or tweet me @carolcnn. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> good morning, thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in "the newsroom" 30 minutes past the hour. the opening bell getting ready to ring on wall street. last night the dow, s&p and nasdaq all closed lower. >>> one place you won't find the new blackberry 10, japan. company spokeswoman says the country isn't a major market for the device. researcher firm says blackberry carri carries 0.2% of the market in japan. >>> the northeast starting to feel the effects of a potentially historic blizzard. meteorologist indra petersons is in boston. g
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. >>> president obama opens up about his golf game with tiger woods. the two partnered sunday in florida. president obama saying "tiger has nothing to worry about." >> he plays a different game than i do. he's on another planet. >> is he more nervous because he's playing with you or you more nervous because you're playing with tiger woods? >> he knew i wasn't a big threat to his world ranking, and i knew that i better keep my day job. >> woods says he and the president beat democratic donor jim crane and u.s. trade representative ron kirk during their golf game. >>> they may have been making a fake movie but "are rgo" has a chance at taking ohm oscar on sunday. >> i got an idea. they're a canadian film crew for a science fiction movie. i fly to tehran, we fly out as a film crew. i need you to help me make a fake movie. >> you want to act like a hollywood big shot without making a movie? >> yeah. >> you'll fit right in. >> it won't win for best director because while ben affleck has been taken home top prizes at other award shows he was not nominated fo
. >>> president obama opens up about his golf game with tiger woods. the two partnered sunday in florida. president obama saying "tiger has nothing to worry about." >> he plays a different game than i do. he's on another planet. >> is he more nervous because he's playing with you or you more nervous because you're playing with tiger woods? >> he knew i wasn't a big threat to his world ranking, and i knew that i better keep my day job. >> woods says he...
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. >> president obama will hear some of that anger firsthand when he visited the hampton roads region of virginia. defense spending makes up nearly half the region's economy and as we saw from a republican blitz there yesterday makes it fertile ground for the blame game. here's dan lothian. >> reporter: from the welders to sheet metal workers, washington's inability to avert deep cuts has left them concerned about their futures. >> everybody's talking about it. everybody's worried. >> reporter: last week the military notified bae that work on 13 ships at several of its sites would have to stop if a deal wasn't struck. >> if it goes fully and we run completely out of work there will be a skeletal crew in here just to keep the plant up and running. >> reporter: this air of uncertainty is why some members of virginia's congressional delegation took part in a town hall meeting in newport news monday. where they got an earful from residents. >> i've given my personal salary into my business because i love my business and you guys i think need to do the same thing. >> this is not a republic
. >> president obama will hear some of that anger firsthand when he visited the hampton roads region of virginia. defense spending makes up nearly half the region's economy and as we saw from a republican blitz there yesterday makes it fertile ground for the blame game. here's dan lothian. >> reporter: from the welders to sheet metal workers, washington's inability to avert deep cuts has left them concerned about their futures. >> everybody's talking about it. everybody's...
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. >>> some ask why isn't president obama doing more to boost the black economy? i'll talk to a man who is looking to the white house and beyond for answers. how could a luminous anno] protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyouc
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obama was helpful to his state of new jersey. was it that that drove conservatives away? >> i think it's part of that. and i have to say as a caveat as i start here, even though i was born here in new jersey, carol, i have no relationship with chris christie. let me put that out there. >> you're not his other brother? >> no, not his other brother from another mother, no. in all honesty, i think the republicans are saying governor christie embraced president obama during the election campaign at a time when it was critical for mitt romney and they in part blame him for the loss. i would say to my two friends here, look, this is not the gop convention. this is the conservative convention. i would agree with john. far guy who has well above 70% of approval rating in a very blue state, he has to be doing something right having everyone supporting him. so i think they should embrace him. >> we should point out, the primary is controlled by conservative so you need a conservative embrace to win a republican primary, right? >> right. >>
obama was helpful to his state of new jersey. was it that that drove conservatives away? >> i think it's part of that. and i have to say as a caveat as i start here, even though i was born here in new jersey, carol, i have no relationship with chris christie. let me put that out there. >> you're not his other brother? >> no, not his other brother from another mother, no. in all honesty, i think the republicans are saying governor christie embraced president obama during the...
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>> president obama, right now. but i think the more that you have the emotional speeches and victims and survivors on camera without any action, the less power influence you'll have in the american people start to tune him out. i think there's a very finite window that this administration begins to act. the longer it takes, the less influence he's going to have. >> maria, i spoke with a community leader out of chicago today because the president's going to go there. he's there right now. he's going to talk about gun laws. this community leader said, you know, it's great to talk about murder victims and the families who are left behind. but we need concrete ideas. we need the president to come up with something for legislators to consider. and he's not doing that. >> oh, i would disagree, carol. the president has been very clear on what we can do legislatively to try to prevent, even at least one gun murder in the future. and here's where i think that the president is winning the p.r. battle. because he has put out
>> president obama, right now. but i think the more that you have the emotional speeches and victims and survivors on camera without any action, the less power influence you'll have in the american people start to tune him out. i think there's a very finite window that this administration begins to act. the longer it takes, the less influence he's going to have. >> maria, i spoke with a community leader out of chicago today because the president's going to go there. he's there right...
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first lady michelle obama attended the funeral. and we have more on the service and the first lady's visit. >> reporter: hi, the first lady traveled here because she and the president were heart broken to find of her passing. she wanted to come and offer sympathies to her loved ones. the first lady did not speak here, but she met before the service with the friends and classmates and had a private meeting with her family. the service was 3-1/2 hours long, and included speeches and remarks from a long list of her friends, classmates and teammates and family members. some of it quite emotional, let's listen to what her mother had to say. >> i don't know how hard this really is. and those of you that do know how hard this, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. no mother, no father should ever have to experience this. >> now this service was meant to be a celebration of the young girl's life. she was a young woman excited to go the college one day and perhaps major in juniorism. her parents want her death to be a part of the gun violence debate. he do
first lady michelle obama attended the funeral. and we have more on the service and the first lady's visit. >> reporter: hi, the first lady traveled here because she and the president were heart broken to find of her passing. she wanted to come and offer sympathies to her loved ones. the first lady did not speak here, but she met before the service with the friends and classmates and had a private meeting with her family. the service was 3-1/2 hours long, and included speeches and remarks...
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the dow celebrating its best january gains since 1994, and it all comes on the heels of president obama disbanding his jobs council, a group of business leaders who advised him on the economy. republicans were quick to seize on the news, scoffing at the white house's handling of the council and the economy overall. >> if the white house spent nearly as much time trying to actually fix the economy as it did claiming it was fixed and then finding excuses and sca scape goats when its premature announcements were false i suspected the economy would be better than it is doing here today. >> christine romans, is he right? the unemployment rate is still what, 7.9% now. >> yes, 7.9%, 157,000 jobs created in january. that's modest hiring. that is an economy that is healing still slowly but carol when you look at the end of the year, we had some revisions to the jobs creation in november and december. i want to show you the end of the year, things look stronger than we thought at the end of the year so hiring was picking up in november and december. hiring picking up enough, carol, to actually ea
the dow celebrating its best january gains since 1994, and it all comes on the heels of president obama disbanding his jobs council, a group of business leaders who advised him on the economy. republicans were quick to seize on the news, scoffing at the white house's handling of the council and the economy overall. >> if the white house spent nearly as much time trying to actually fix the economy as it did claiming it was fixed and then finding excuses and sca scape goats when its...
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once obama's buzz word, it's so yesterday. still tough talk helped obama win a payroll tax cut and perhaps even the election. so he may be gambling for more. so the talk back question for you today, should president obama use his bully pulpit more? facebook.com/carolcnn. or tweet me @carolcnn. >>> welcome to a special edition of "newsroom." i'm carol castel low. a special announcement that pope benedict will resign. a quick check of other top stories. a main road connecting long island to new york city has reopened just in time for the morning rush hour. the long island expressway had been shut down to crews could clear snow and ice nearly eight inches deep. but getting to the highway is its own challenge. some surface streets still have not been plowed. >>> more now on the major news from the vatican, that post benedict is resigning at the end of the month. the 85-year-old pope is announcing his advanced age. he's the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years. let's check in with chris cuomo. >> just to give context to the int
once obama's buzz word, it's so yesterday. still tough talk helped obama win a payroll tax cut and perhaps even the election. so he may be gambling for more. so the talk back question for you today, should president obama use his bully pulpit more? facebook.com/carolcnn. or tweet me @carolcnn. >>> welcome to a special edition of "newsroom." i'm carol castel low. a special announcement that pope benedict will resign. a quick check of other top stories. a main road connecting...
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first lady michelle obama attended the funeral, as did hundreds of others. the young majorette was killed one week after she performed at president obama's inauguration. and our athena jones is in chicago. athena, i imagine this was an incredibly emotional service. >> reporter: good afternoon, brianna. you know, it was very emotional. it was a long service, too. more than three-and-a-half hours, allowing lots of people to speak. we heard from hadiya pendelton friends, teammates, classmates, family members. we didn't hear from the first lady. she just wanted to be able to come, offer her condolences and support to hadiya pendelton's loved ones. she met with 30 friends and classmates privately before the service and also was able to meet privately with hadiya pendelton's family. we also heart some emotional comments from the people who spoke. let's listen to what hadiya pendelt pendelton's mother had to say. >> you don't know how hard this really is. and those of you that do know how hard this is, i'm sorry. i'm sorry. no mother, no father, should ever have to
first lady michelle obama attended the funeral, as did hundreds of others. the young majorette was killed one week after she performed at president obama's inauguration. and our athena jones is in chicago. athena, i imagine this was an incredibly emotional service. >> reporter: good afternoon, brianna. you know, it was very emotional. it was a long service, too. more than three-and-a-half hours, allowing lots of people to speak. we heard from hadiya pendelton friends, teammates,...
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president obama says by the end of next year, the u.s. war in afghanistan will be over. >>> in eastern afghanistan, there is word that it is now happened again. a nato air strike killing civilians. we're hearing this from a spokesman east of kabul. he says a nato strike killed three taliban commanders who were apparently targeted but also tenan civilians were kille. nato is investigating this claim. >>> valentine's day, yeah? love, flowers for most of us. but in one part of northern india, some radical hindus are angry about it. they are beating up people in the streets. i want to bring in michael holmes to talk about this. just look at this. look at the video, first of all. >> it's amazing. >> all right. so why is this going on? i mean, what's the big deal? what's happening? >> basically what you've got here. these people were in a restaurant, guys and girls in a restaurant having a nice meal. it's coming up to valentine's day. what you're seeing there are elements of -- they're part of a hindu nationalist group there, sort of a militant
president obama says by the end of next year, the u.s. war in afghanistan will be over. >>> in eastern afghanistan, there is word that it is now happened again. a nato air strike killing civilians. we're hearing this from a spokesman east of kabul. he says a nato strike killed three taliban commanders who were apparently targeted but also tenan civilians were kille. nato is investigating this claim. >>> valentine's day, yeah? love, flowers for most of us. but in one part of...
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roll it. . >>> president obama is getting tough questions about the u.s. covert activities. here he is. john brennan's confirmation hearing under way right now. he is expected to be quizzed on the legality of using drones to target americans involved with al qaeda overseas. a huge reversal. president obama reversed the legal justification for the policy to the senate committee and also here, expect to hear questions about his knowledge of interrogation techniques like waterboarding during the bush years. a 9-year-old girl has given birth in mexico. 9. hospital officials say she delivered by c-section 11 days ago at this medical facility. the baby girl weighed just under six pounds. mexican authorities are trying to see if they should charge the father with rape or child abuse because local media said she he 17 and got out of town after the child's birth. >> they reportedly stole banking executives's personal information. the fed said the security breech was brief and did not affect critical operations. this is the group anonymous claiming responsibility for the attack. hacke
roll it. . >>> president obama is getting tough questions about the u.s. covert activities. here he is. john brennan's confirmation hearing under way right now. he is expected to be quizzed on the legality of using drones to target americans involved with al qaeda overseas. a huge reversal. president obama reversed the legal justification for the policy to the senate committee and also here, expect to hear questions about his knowledge of interrogation techniques like waterboarding...
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our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is reporting that the obama administration has approached a number of elected officials about taking the job. but so far they have declined that job. >>> so if you've been watching cable tv, there's a pretty good chance that you've seen a case about a young woman named jodi arias who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend travis alexander. look, it's not your garden variety murder. there are plenty of murders out there. but this one caught a lot of eyes. first of all, he's a lot bigger than than she is and apparently the death was caused not only from the shot of a .25 caliber gun, but 27 stab wounds and his throat being slit from ear to ear, and this is the woman they are talking about, and there are photographs that had a whole other side of jodi arias. arias' defense is self defense. that's what she said. she said this was a tough relationship, that he was a sex maniac that threatened her with bodily harm, but a bullet casing and camera may tell a different story in the courtroom. and then there are the lies, one after the other that this
our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is reporting that the obama administration has approached a number of elected officials about taking the job. but so far they have declined that job. >>> so if you've been watching cable tv, there's a pretty good chance that you've seen a case about a young woman named jodi arias who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend travis alexander. look, it's not your garden variety murder. there are plenty of murders out there. but this one...
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. >>> first lady michelle obama is back in chicago, not far from the obama family home. she's there for the funeral of 15-year-old heidial pendal done the student shot and killed in a chicago park just days after performing at the ez's inauguration. police are offering a $40,000 reward for information. >>> and near houston, texas, police say one person was injured at an explosion this morning at an industrial plant. the facility houses a mix of gases such as nitrogen and hydrogen. it started a fire that filled is the area with heavy smoke. >>> in los angeles is, police are back using helicopters to find the ex-cop they accuse of killing three people already. one of those who was shot dead a police officer. billboards are showing christopher dorner's face. he says he wants revenge on those he believes cost him his job. we'll show you exclusive video of dorner during his days at the police academy. >>> don't expect celebrities to be revealing too much tomorrow night. cbs send attendees a what not to wear warning. they want people to tone it down and button it up. the boys
. >>> first lady michelle obama is back in chicago, not far from the obama family home. she's there for the funeral of 15-year-old heidial pendal done the student shot and killed in a chicago park just days after performing at the ez's inauguration. police are offering a $40,000 reward for information. >>> and near houston, texas, police say one person was injured at an explosion this morning at an industrial plant. the facility houses a mix of gases such as nitrogen and...
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. >>> president obama is calling on congress to pass laws to reduce gun violence. during an appearance at a chicago high school, the president said 65 out of 443 victims killed last year in gun violence in the city were under 18. he mentioned hadiya pendleton, the teenager gunned down a week after taking part in obama's inauguration festivities. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are being taken away from us. >> the president said children from violence-laden opportunities need help to get ahead. >>> this week, a meteor shower, asteroid, and now a fireball? this happened in the bay area last night. folks in that area say it looked like a shooting star. cnn does not know the source of the lights, but we are efforting an official statement for you. [ crash ] >>> first it was a flash across the sky and sonic booms. now the cleanup begins a day after that pakistani lar meteor -- spectacular meteor blast shook russia. people are trying to repair the damage. more than 1,000 have
. >>> president obama is calling on congress to pass laws to reduce gun violence. during an appearance at a chicago high school, the president said 65 out of 443 victims killed last year in gun violence in the city were under 18. he mentioned hadiya pendleton, the teenager gunned down a week after taking part in obama's inauguration festivities. >> what happened to hadiya is not unique. it's not unique to chicago. it's not unique to this country. too many of our children are...